Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Inconsiderate; thoughtless.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not weighing or pondering; inconsiderate.
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- adjective Not weighing or pondering;
inconsiderate .
Etymologies
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Examples
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_ A very superficial, ignorant, unweighing fellow.
Measure for Measure The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] William Shakespeare 1590
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When Lucio tells the Duke, who is disguised as a friar, that he (the Duke) was a notorious loose-liver ” “he had some feeling of the sport; he knew the service” ” the Duke merely denies the soft impeachment; but when Lucio tells him that the Duke is not wise, but “a very superficial, ignorant, unweighing fellow,” the Duke bursts out, “either this is envy in you, folly, or mistaking: ...
The Man Shakespeare Harris, Frank, 1855-1931 1909
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Duke, who is disguised as a friar, that he (the Duke) was a notorious loose-liver -- "he had some feeling of the sport; he knew the service" -- the Duke merely denies the soft impeachment; but when Lucio tells him that the Duke is not wise, but "a very superficial, ignorant, unweighing fellow," the Duke bursts out, "either this is envy in you, folly, or mistaking: ...
The Man Shakespeare Frank Harris 1893
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